Image Credit: Patrick Ecclesine/The CW; Brian Bowen Smith/The CW; Frank Ockenfels/The CWThe CW just unveiled its brand new 2010-11 schedule, and here’s what you need to know now: 90210 is shifting to Monday (paired with Gossip Girl), One Tree Hill is moving to Tuesday (paired with Life Unexpected), Supernatural is relocating to Friday (reunited with former time-slot companion Smallville), and new action-drama-reboot Nikita has nabbed the plum post-Vampire Diaries slot on Thursday. The complete M-F schedule is below.
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 90210 (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ONE TREE HILL (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM LIFE UNEXPECTED (New Night)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM HELLCATS (New Series) Watch a clip!
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
9:00-10:00 PM NIKITA (New Series) Watch a clip!
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL (New Night)
Related: The CW spoils the new seasons of Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill, and more!
expected that
I was expecting to see info about Nomads and ‘Betwixt/Changelings’ but nothing??
Exactly what I hoped the schedule would look like but would rather see OTH at 9/8c…. :\
Agreeeeed!!!
Wow… this is really really sad… Supernatural on Fridays at 9pm?! Yeah I’m guessing they REALLY wanna end the show with this season…
You’re absolutely wrong about that. There are five nights in a week, 10 total timeslots. Would you rather see a weak encore on Fridays? The CW has a lot of faith in both Smallville AND Supernatural. What’s so wrong about wanting to make a fifth night of programming relevant, profitable, interesting and, frankly: AWESOME!?!!
Stop looking at every programming move as negative. The network fully supports these shows, and trusts that they can deliver on a very tough night. Not every show can survive and thrive on Friday, but these two—with loyal fanbases—have the best shot of any shows on The CW. Kudos!
well i can see julie being worried… usally with channels when they move to fridays its the kiss of death and a show gets one season and is gone well least with fox n few other major channels is idk about cw.
Jason, thank you. My god. SOMETHING has to be on Friday night and pairing Smallville and SPN back together is a great move. Obviously being on Friday night didn’t kill Smallville. This whole mentality of a network actually trying to kill a show is just mindboggling. If they wanted a show dead they would CANCEL it. There’s nothing and nobody preventing them from doing so. Especially SPN which just aired a finale that could easily have been series instead of season.
smallville survived really well this season no reason SN can’t
Ugh…I still don’t like it.
Jason – I couldn’t have said it better. People b*tch and moan about EVERYTHING instead of being happy that their show is still on TV. If not for Friday @ 9, maybe Supernatural would have been canceled!
Smallville barely survived. Their numbers were hovering around a little over 2 million. I think the only reason it got picked up was due to dvr watching and downloading numbers were great. They should have given Smallville the respect of a final season on Thursday since it’s the only show that has survived the damn network.
donkottz, you’re ill-informed and factually incorrect. Smallville did NOT “barely survive”. The show did very well for a Friday night. There were many times during the season where the network openly bragged about the numbers, even before DVR.
But the fact that you say “the only reason it got picked up was due to DVR watching” means you don’t know what you’re talking about. So you’re saying the show got picked up… because people watched it?
DVR numbers matter. They matter more and more every season and they started mattering a LOT the past year or so. Times have changed and networks are starting to realize this. There are multiple ways to watch television.
Yeah, I’m a little worried about it being on Fridays, which is really quite annoying, But since I already watch Smallville on Friday, sitting there for an extra hour to watch Supernatural isn’t going to bother me too much.
Hate to say this but Smallville got move to Friday night because of it’s poor performance on Thursdays. After it’s drop in ratings this past season with the Friday time slot, they’ve decided to end it after next year. Moving Supernatural to Fridays, at a much later time slot, is a network’s way of moving a show to the graveyard.
Supernatural on Fridays is just plain rude. If they wanted to have the show rest in peace, they should have ended it at a fifth season (on a high note). Now it’s going to tank into cancellation.
@AJ, Jason, and whoever else: Ending Supernatural on a great season is much better than watching it flounder and fail just to have another one. Personally, I was upset when Supernatural was renewed because I was afraid something like this would happen. So yeah, I wanted a great show to stay iconic. Sue me.
I have to agree. Fridays are where shows go to die–it’s like an unspoken industry fact. I LOVE Supernatural and really hate to see them moved to Friday, esp at the 9/8c spot. I though Vampire Diaries was a perfect match for the show. For all of you that think Friday is a good move, think about it…on most Friday nights, what are you doing…at home watching TV or out and about with friends/family/etc. I’d really hate to see SN go out like that.
It’s the old X-Files slot, and with DVR’s people can still watch it. Thursday nights are so full of watchable shows, I’m actually glad it moved out of there.
There’s two ways to look at it: One is that they would rather have a new show in that timeslot, and thus have a shot at a competitive audience ala The Vampire Diaries. Or two, they will expect less from Supernatural for it to survive.
If they wanted to kill Supernatural they wouldn’t have picked it up for a sixth season. Kripke had it planned to end with the fifth season, but the CW, and fans, wanted it back. They had a get out of jail free card and gladly ripped it up.
It beats the death time slot they have now going up against all those hit shows
This past season was the only season that Supernatural was not paired with Smallville. Those two shoes have proven to go well together, so putting it back next to Smallville, whatever night that is, is a good move
SN is a garbage show now. The writer’s are abusing their addicted fan base and writing garbage soap opera plots and dialogue. I feel bad for Jensen and Jarred who’s contracts forced them to stick around for another garbage season, I’m sure they would have loved to jump ship after the borocalypse. Passions had more interesting supernatural plots than this show does, with less needless drama and whining too.
Friday night is more than this show deserves. If anything it should be downgraded to daytime TV.
Thanks Ausiello!
I literally have everything you have ever blogged on my bookmarks menu. Hellcats should be interesting…have you seen any clips from the series?
Thanks Ausiello!
I literally have everything you have ever blogged on my bookmarks menu. Hellcats should be interesting…have you seen any clips from the series?
Supernatural on Friday? Really? I liked my lineup of Thursday hotness.
I know, right? I liked spending Thurs with the Salvatores AND Winchesters
I think it makes sense. Every day has its own theme.
Monday: Slutty teen girl night.
Tuesday: Sincere, overwrought drama night.
Wednesday: Fierce n’ sassy night.
Thursday: Slutty girly action night.
Friday: Oh yea, guys exist night
Me too *sigh*
I loved Thursdays on the CW. Vampire Diaries and Supernatural were the best pair, they were both horror type shows and they are both way better than people give them credit for. Keep quality programming together. @Grady, hilarious summation
Supernatural is barely about horror these days. Watch season 1 and then season 5. You will notice a significantly smaller amount of “saving people and hunting things” and a serisously increased amount of “emo brother drama and trite in your face brother drama metaphores.”
Supernatural on Friday? Really? I liked my lineup of Thursday hotness.
I know, right? I liked spending Thurs with the Salvatores AND Winchesters
Me too *sigh*
I loved Thursdays on the CW. Vampire Diaries and Supernatural were the best pair, they were both horror type shows and they are both way better than people give them credit for. Keep quality programming together. @Grady, hilarious summation
Supernatural is barely about horror these days. Watch season 1 and then season 5. You will notice a significantly smaller amount of “saving people and hunting things” and a serisously increased amount of “emo brother drama and trite in your face brother drama metaphores.”
It makes sense, but Boo to Supernatural on fridays.
It makes sense, but Boo to Supernatural on fridays.
Supernatural on Fridays at 9? Yup, this is the last season.
You mean like last year when they moved Smallville to Friday and it was its last season? Oh. Wait. Except not. RME
Supernatural on Fridays at 9? Yup, this is the last season.
You mean like last year when they moved Smallville to Friday and it was its last season? Oh. Wait. Except not. RME
OTH is back on Tuesdays where it originally started. We’ve now come full circle although I think it should be on at 9/8 instead. Not at all happy about Supernatural on Fridays.
You’d rather have Supernatural’s tiny audience on Thursday, because it was competing with Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Fringe, and The Office? That’s really doing your favorite show a disservice. There’s much less competition on Friday, and a lot of people enjoy a good horror/mystery on that night…especially with Ghost Whisperer cancelled now. This is a a great lineup across the board.
A lot of people don’t stay home and watch TV on Friday. The second hour of the line up on Fridays is a real tough slot. Can’t even fit it in before taking off for the evening. Since CW did specifically bring Supernatural back, that seems like setting them up for failure. The show deserves more respect than that — but the move IS what I was expecting.
It’s awesome if YOU like Supernatural on Fridays but stop dissing people who disagree with you. I loved my TVD/SPN night.
OTH is back on Tuesdays where it originally started. We’ve now come full circle although I think it should be on at 9/8 instead. Not at all happy about Supernatural on Fridays.
You’d rather have Supernatural’s tiny audience on Thursday, because it was competing with Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Fringe, and The Office? That’s really doing your favorite show a disservice. There’s much less competition on Friday, and a lot of people enjoy a good horror/mystery on that night…especially with Ghost Whisperer cancelled now. This is a a great lineup across the board.
Maybe if Nikita sucks, they’ll move it back lol
Maybe if Nikita sucks, they’ll move it back lol